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Noctuid Moth

Dysgonia stuposa

Description:

A small moth of size around 1.5 inch. ID help needed.

3 Species ID Suggestions

Noctuid Moth
Bastilla sp. ::The Moths of Borneo::
LuvjoyChoker
LuvjoyChoker 11 years ago
Noctuid moth
Bastilla properata


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11 Comments

Uday
Uday 11 years ago

i wonder how similar our spottings are.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/138...

LuvjoyChoker
LuvjoyChoker 11 years ago

I think it would be good to see this link too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysgonia

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Sergio ask about the mechanisms of the new IDing. I will check this, need some more time. For sure these relegations and corrections of families, genus and species are based upon new scientific evidence, usually there is in a taxonomic organisation an editorial board which would discuss this items. One widely accepted organisation for European species would for example be this one:
http://www.faunaeur.org

Sumukha Javagal
Sumukha Javagal 11 years ago

Fantastic discussion guys..! Thanks a lot for the ID Nuwan and Dominic..:-)

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

I am wondering how they would handle this. In my eyes Bastilla and Dysgonia looks quite different. And making complexes of species is always easy for them if one have not to bother about the mess it will be afterwards with all these complexes.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

i wonder what is the latest taxonomic status, there is no Dysgonia in Moths of bornio site !

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

:-)... Thanks Nuwan. As I understood (but maybe I am too stupid or stuposa for that): Parallelia is now Dysgonia and Bastilla will also be in this group??

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

agreed Dominik, no need to argue ;-)

read the last comment !!
http://fr.treknature.com/gallery/photo12...

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

OK, Nuwan, you challenge my ID and I challenge yours! Let's see who has the better arguments ;-)... Dysgonia sp., look at the apex of the forewing, there I can see 2 spots, one is spiky. The dark patch in the middle of the forewing is some kind of scalloped. This might be variable as it seems. Bastilla sp: Only one dark spot in the middle of the apex and in the patch mentioned above I see only a "bow".

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Noctuidae, Catocalinae, Ophiusini, Bastilla sp. not sure about the species !!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Noctuidae, Catocalinae, Ophiusini, Dysgonia stuposa sometimes also called Parallelia stuposa. Nuwan my confirm or correct, I am not 100% sure about the species (genus I think is correct).
http://blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?blogI...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15562906@N0...

Sumukha Javagal
Spotted by
Sumukha Javagal

India

Spotted on Jun 1, 2012
Submitted on Jul 29, 2012

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